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Old Feb 22, 2015 | 09:38 AM
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Replacing/fixing multi-function sensor wire

After toubleshooting my A/C quite a bit (the A/C does not cool or heat the car at all, just blows air), I found that the multi-function sensor plug and wire was chewed off by some animal (this must of happened before I bought the car, since the A/C never worked).

Due to the above, this causes STAR to throw the diagnostic message: Unable to communicate with multi-function sensor B/31.

How should I go about fixing this? The sensor is there, it's just that the wire and plug that goes into the sensor is missing/chewed off. So there's about 6-8 inches of missing wire, and the plug that plugs into the sensor housing.
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Old Feb 22, 2015 | 11:15 PM
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Can you get a plug from a junk yard? then splice the wires.
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Old Feb 23, 2015 | 06:46 PM
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Can you get a plug from a junk yard? then splice the wires.
Yeah, I figured I would have to do that, but I was curious to see if any of you guys have come across this or would know if someone somewhere sells the part haha. Thanks!
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You can get a new receptacle housing and wires with sockets already crimped from the dealer. Not too expensive, but they will have to order.

Housing A2205400681
wires A0005402505
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Old Feb 23, 2015 | 10:22 PM
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Originally Posted by jrsmith_68
You can get a new receptacle housing and wires with sockets already crimped from the dealer. Not too expensive, but they will have to order.

Housing A2205400681
wires A0005402505
Wow! Amazing, thank you so much, really!
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